If you're waiting for one of those blogs that contains footage of us eating chicken brains or snake guts...you'll have to keep waiting. Perhaps, on one of our "obligatory vacations" to exotic India or Indonesia, we shall recount you with some wildly entertaining tale of eating deep-fried sea slugs or barbecued parakeet. But not today. No, today my mission is to simply have you take an enjoyable and scenic walk with us through KLCC (Kuala Lumpur City Center). We've been here for almost two weeks, but until yesterday we hadn't actually journeyed into the heart of the capital. You're probably thinking that it's all fun and games over here, and don't get me wrong. We're definitely having fun. But I can also assure you that it's a lot of work. Trying to learn the local culture ... read more

As Harry and Lloyd once said: "We're...THERE!" (Except, whereas they were half frozen to death after riding a bike across a snowy Colorado pass, we have the unique sensation that our skin might actually melt off our bones from the oppressive tropical heat. Minor difference!) Anyway. Yes. Approximately 24 hours after our departure from New York, we landed safe and sound (and a little bleary-eyed) in our new home of Kuala Lumpur! The 16-hour flight from New York to Taiwan was actually not too bad! We flew EVA airlines, Taiwan's national brand, and the service, food, and level of comfort was exceptionally good. I even managed to sleep on-and-off for a few hours (this never happens to me). The coolest part was that instead of flying east over the Atlantic or west over the Pacific, we ... read more

Well, if we have to get stuck in an airport for 8 hours, at least it’s before a 45-minute flight to Long Island and not before our 16-hour flight to Asia. But I’m getting ahead of myself. We were only in Maryland for two days, but boy did we cram a lot in! The weather was still pleasantly spring-ish and perfectly sunny, prompting us to spend as much time outdoors as possible. On Monday, we gassed up my sister’s boat and off we headed from Kent Island (in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay) across the choppy waters into historic downtown Annapolis. What an underrated little city! Old brick buildings spread out from the waterfront, some dating back to colonial times (early 1700’s). The dome of the state capitol building and the impressive grounds of the ... read more

Greetings from "the road" - a road we've longed to journey down again! We spent the past week visiting my family in Phoenix, Arizona, but since we drove there from Colorado (about 700 miles or 1100 km) we got to see some pretty spectacular scenery along the way. It's one of those roads less traveled - even for many Americans - down through Four Corners and across the vast desert expanse of northern Arizona. We began our trip with a drive west and south through Colorado. I would love to write an enthralling description of the San Juan mountains and the majesty of Ouray, Silverton, and Durango, but alas, our drive consisted of six hours of rain and snow. It's sort of a tragedy, as this part of Colorado is considered by many to be the ... read more

And we're home. It's kind of a strange concept, as "home" has taken on a whole new meaning in the past 14 months - 418 days, to be exact!! We left Bangkok to begin our marathon Thursday by a 5-hour red-eye to Seoul, South Korea. As the airport lies only a few miles from the North Korean border, we were understandably concerned about the political tensions in the area. All was quiet (VERY quiet) in the airport, though - you'd never know anything was wrong. We got a room at the airport's transit hotel for 6 hours of our layover - kind a of cool experience, though we slept through the whole thing. After our much-needed nap, we devoured a few burgers and waited out the last 4 hours of our layover before boarding our 10-hour ... read more